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Sales are down this quarter because Apple has shifted from releasing new iPads in spring to releasing new iPads in the fall. It's kind of silly to attribute it to the current crop of Android tablets which are still pursuing the losing strategy of slashing prices to stay afloat. No competitor has come anywhere close to touching the iPad's dominance, so all the developer attention in the tablet space is focused on iPads. Here, look:

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The evidence seems to suggest that people who do buy other tablets tend to regret their decision. But the truth is, no one has solid facts about what happens to all those tablets after they're sold: they just seem to be invisible in real-world usage.